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Selected poems and paintings
Che Qianzi
车前子
Che Qianzi (the pen name of Gu Pan) was born in 1963 in Suzhuo and currently splits his time between his hometown and Beijing. A well-known poet, prose stylist, and painter, Che has published over twenty-one volumes of poetry and essays. He recently staged two solo exhibits of his ink wash paintings in China, and his work can be seen at Galerie Gabrial in the US and online. We are grateful to the artist, Che Qianzi, and the 吴风雅颂 Wufengyasong (a gallery and organization in Su Zhou) for permission to reprint these images.
Poems
FeelersWhite bride, shadow bride, It is the groom's shadow. Brides of snow inexhaustible, from the sky, No daily life, human sphere, His claws scrape it away—its mirror, its eyeball,
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触须白色新娘,影新娘, 它是新郎的影子。 雪的新娘源源不断,从天上, 无生活,人间。 他的爪抠掉它——它的镜子,它的眼珠, |
Dawn (Outside the Window, Resembling a Painting by Castiglione)Rustling traces, fitly dispersed, Flash-heated by recipe, this overseas red, Ramble midway up the mountain, enough to stir sounds
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黎明(的窗外,像郎世宁一幅画
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Beijingers"With a fragment of a poem in mind." At an ice-skating juncture, he is suffused with light, Someone buys monkeys and rabbits on a carpet . . . Think of us being just right, Index finger in the underlying color of a pretext, Spiritual strolls, no farther than the outskirts, an onion "Animals of prey printed for wide distribution."
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北京人"想起一首诗的片段。" 溜冰之际,他晶莹剔透, 一个人买下地毯上猴子兔子…… 想起我们恰到好处, 借口的底色里食指, 心灵散步,远不过郊区,一棵 "猎物,批量印刷的猎物。" |
Wake Up Like an InfantWell-digger, come here, Water-fetcher, come here, Wake up like an eye, Hemmed in, All around, rapt intrigue of water,
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婴儿一样醒来淘井者,你来, 打水者,你来, 眼睛一样醒来, 堵住, 四周,趣味浓厚的水, |
Mother TongueEat cotton candy. I eat cotton. Drink mother's milk, Tossed raw vegetables with mother tongue, —— A page of manuscript. —— Heat you can feel, —— A page of manuscript; (Provide: a page of manuscript.) |
母语吃棉花糖。 我食棉花。 在充气娃娃怀里, 凉拌母语。 —— 一页手稿。 —— 热气, —— 一页手稿: (提供:一页手稿)。 |
Translated by Denis Mair
Volume 2, No. 1
Table of Contents
VOLUME 2, NUMBER 1
FEATURED AUTHOR: LI ANG
- 06 "Beef Noodles" by Li Ang
- 14 Dark Li Ang vs Bright Li Ang: A Self-Interview by Li Ang
- 24 The Spirit of Deer Town and the Redemption of Li Ang's Uncanny Literary Home by Darryl Sterk
SPECIAL SECTION: WORD AND IMAGE
- 32 Modern Chinese Photography, a Photo Essay by Alan Atkinson
- 50 Between Word and Image: Luo Qing and the Visual-Verbal Self-Portrait by Paul Manfredi
- 60 Poetics as Reincarnation: A Conversation with Che Qianzi by Glenn Mott
- 68 Selected poems and paintings by Che Qianzi
WRITER INTERVIEW
- 78 Traveling Poetry and the Presence of Soul: An Interview with Wang Jiaxin by John A. Crespi
- 83 Five poems by Wang Jiaxin
FEATURED SCHOLAR: HOWARD GOLDBLATT
- 86 Hankering after Soverign Images: Modern Chinese Fiction and the Voices of Howard Goldblatt by Christopher Lupke
- 93 Memory, Speak by Howard Goldblatt
- 97 A Mi Manera: Howard Goldblatt at Home: A Self-Interview by Howard Goldblatt
- 105 Two poems by Xiao Hong, translated by Howard Goldblatt
- 106 Sandalwood Death by Mo Yan, an excerpt translated by Howard Goldblatt
IN EVERY ISSUE
- Editor's Note
- Contributors
- Chinese Literature in Review
- Pacific Bridge
ON THE COVER Moon 2 by Chen Nong
BOOK REVIEWS
- Qi Bangnuan, The Big Run River, A Memoir
- Liang Hong, China in the Liang Village
- Zhang Dachun, The Urban Violent Gang (in two volumes)
- Tianxin Zhu, A Song of Clog Throwing
- Shijiang Li, The Chinese Department
- Bei Dao, The City Gates Open
- Yang Jiang, About to Drink Tea
- Han Han, Chorus of Solos
- Li Ang, A Romance Across Seven Incarnations
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